Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-26

general favorite with TIE Cd srd rcurg
| by reason OF & peculiar current o. cCunm
sense and usefulness underlying intense
enthusiasm il the coed things Of life.
She possessed mary faults, hu; she vs..
devoted daughter, 4 faithful friend, ,rt
is 81 idolatrous wife; all the ie,yOT I
her poetic na uTe is noY merged into one
channel.
| The vein OF sensUoUs-eSs which cLil-
scteI ICES much Of her poetry runs 81
through her personality, tastes and dis
position, but is fortunately governed alt
guided by strong common sense. Ag.
bGrite by nature, she can adspt herself 70
any condition life msy impose.
As : girl she brought much adverse crit
icism upon herself from the severe judge;
Of the world, through too crest love Of
pleasure and admiration, zoo vOlup:uoG
and uncsreful literary methods, sid
hssty temper.
Time has cured sll these faults save tie
latter.
The fair poetess is s perfect little ten.
| pest when aroused, which IS never VIII,
out fair cause. An eye witness Of one q
her late justifabIe storms, said 70 me i1i
she FELT as if she wanted lightning fol
bout her person 81 the time. II C1e o.
her own poems she says: "I1e alsH
lurked under the demon in ne"
Somebody has minated that she pos
sessed ga good deal more CT the toTnai
but the latter has been more highly ca--'
waited"
The wife Of one of WisCCnsin's miliOf
eire king tells me that IN her native 33A
the gifted poetess IVES more beloved ~
her personal qualities than her intellecll
shtY, srd many loved the womSl w.
would not iDdorse her writings. SIG
her marriage she hss published but ol'
! book, "Mal MCulle," novel, sIllS ~;
and remarkable work IN its way, gu. l.l
Of new and advHr ced IDEAS for TlLcl'- w
public is rot ready.
Many q sermon will Rave to &c pref
10 cover the ground Nal Moul-e nas Uols'
Her poems have noticea5Iy impFcVeu-l
refinement and strength stree uarII'-.
This is due no doubt to COlstsnt assV.T
ton with one Of the ablest and mos. '-'
tured literary critics of the day.
Els Wheeler Wilcox has de-lca's CIV. -,
| vigorous physique. A casual oo;el,.
would not imsgine her Over-tTertI -esI.
Naturally Of joyous and bsppy dls ;y--i
ton she is subject TO periods of pIO.'. =.
melancholy. She dresses quietly O. IT, =.
street and artisticsllY in the house. -.
literary circles of New York hsY5 - -. -
seal Of commentator upon bar EolA =
she is received with open SIMS N sO. -:.,
the mostdelightful social circles II JIG ~, -
Her beneyolence is unique IS n5l -,
a constant source Of distress 10 - L.,
this regard is being compellg3 o. ~ ~,
lessons Of experience TO close 1eI yy.-.s,
book before the demands OF the l1 INV !.
and limit her charities 10 cases WIZ n:
personally investigates. one % ~
strongest characteristics i5 ne- oI's d
| ligious faith coupled with .1toiel1.ssIf In
creeGs. She seldom attends cla...rs,
has the most implicit failh n PIT n.
Sincerity and truth are her csra.l 'a-;,rs.
tues. The favor of kings ana NJ
could not tempt her to depart iTom rom t.' e
She is iearlessly aCd fesrfui-y 10. bfs
gains ard retains more friends 'n,n .,fs
who rely upon policy to car! .}},ers j.
through the world. l do not oels .,o-Iii
magnetism but if any one II a zee " eris5:
ever did possess it she does. OGa ar ,,i
has said, "She drsws 81 men 10 .IS otfl
almost all women" So succes:.s;rs
woman, she has few If sny III ,,m@. .,rir:
being possessed of faculty OF di's ai1rsr
rivalry. 1 attribute this to her Esd
and Interested pleasure in the su''
others. .1o7sJ
Mrs Wilcox lost her only chic, NsJ.
boy, after one brief day OF lie lssr Ycs
She is now making her home II N s.s Ii.tas
city, near the Central PARK, ID ! IoSI
nest OF rooms most artistically uT' pos.